Validities and abilities in criminal profiling: The dilemma for David canter's investigative psychology

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 458-477

  Kocsis, Richard N ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Criminal profiling; Skills

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTUITION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745552591     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06289179     Document Type: Article

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